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NewsBanking crisis makes airline failures more likely: IATA
The world banking crisis is making the risk of a major airline failure more likely because carriers will not be able to access funding for a rescue
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GTF versus open rotor - which is best?
Will advanced turbofan technology outclass open rotors? GEARING UP FOR THE NEXT STAGE Open rotor technology may promise the step-change economic...
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Flying Colours adds to palette with JetCorp acquisition
Canadian completion and maintenance company Flying Colours has acquired the assets of refurbishment and maintenance...
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Indian air force seeks new basic trainer
The Indian air force is in discussion with Bangalore-based Hindustan Aeronautics to finalise the configuration and performance parameters of a new ab initio...
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NewsFAA grounds large portion of Sikorsky S-92 fleet
The US FAA today grounded the Sikorsky S-92 fleet so that operators can replace certain original hardware thought to be related to the 12 March crash of a Cougar Helicopters S-92 off the coast of Newfoundland
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Co-ownership programme launched for TBM 850 turboprop
Daher Socata has launched a co-ownership programme for new TBM 850 customers...
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IATA: no recovery in sight until 2010
The airline industry will not begin to recover until 2010 at the earliest, according to IATA head Giovanni Bisignani.
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Argentina moves to nationalise Lockheed AT-63 plant
Argentinian officials have decided to reassert state control over the country's major aerospace manufacturing hub in Cordoba that was outsourced to Lockheed...
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Distractions frequently cause flapless take-offs, NASA reveals
The main cause of the Spanair Boeing MD-82 fatal accident at Madrid last year - failure to select flaps to the take-off setting - has occurred frequently,...
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Travel Service among four to register Czech Airlines interest
Czech Airlines' privatisation has attracted expressions of interest from four parties, including a consortium comprising Czech carrier Travel Service and...
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NewsInvestigators look at wind shear in FedEx MD-11 crash
An aircraft reported wind shear above Narita airport a few minutes before yesterday's fatal crash landing of a FedEx Boeing MD-11 freighter. "About...
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Tokyo Narita runway reopens following FedEx crash
Tokyo's Narita airport reopened its main runway earlier today following yesterday's fatal accident in which a FedEx Boeing MD-11 freighter crashed and burst...
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Weight among factors studied in PC-12 crash
US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators believe it could take some time before they know exactly what caused yesterday's crash of a...
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NewsEcuador finalises big Super Tucano order
Ecuador has finalised a contract to buy 24 Embraer EMB-314 Super Tucano trainer and light attack aircraft ...
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Gol considers wet leasing out 767s, deferring new 737s
Brazilian low-cost carrier Gol is considering wet leasing a portion of its grounded Boeing 767 fleet and deferring some of the 15 new Boeing 737s it is slated...
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NewsInternational Moon mission study to examine crew rescue
Earth and lunar orbit crew rescue using a common docking system will be studied by the world's major space agencies
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AeroSvit to start commercial flights with early An-148
Ukrainian carrier AeroSvit has acquired one of the two Antonov An-148s built four years ago for the twinjet's flight-test programme and will be the first...
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Dniproavia ERJ-145 damaged in Istanbul overrun incident
Investigations have begun after a Dniproavia Embraer ERJ-145 overran the edge of runway 24 at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport today, suffering a collapsed nosewheel....